Understanding Change: The Interdependent Self in its Environment.

The approach in Daoist philosophy is dramatically different from a normative one that begins at the level of standardization and which interprets aberrations as deviances from the norm. 90 karyn l. lai Daoist philosophy draws attention to diversity in the world. Chung-ying Cheng draws together elements in Chinese philosophy that comprise the philosophy of tianren heyi in "On the Metaphysical Significance of Ti (BodyEmbodiment) in Chinese Philosophy: Benti (Origin-Substance) and Ti-Yong (Substance and Function),"Journal of Chinese Philosophy 29, no. 2 (2002): 145-61. Chung-ying Cheng states that observation is a fundamental aspect of the Yijing, marking it with the phrase the "observational origins of the Yijing", in Chung-ying Cheng, "Philosophy of Change,"Encyclopaedia of Chinese Philosophy, ed. Karyn l. lai UNDERSTANDING CHANGE: THE INTERDEPENDENT SELF IN ITS ENVIRONMENT In Chinese philosophy, an individual is viewed as a being which is interdependent with others, and whose existence, beliefs, and actions are understood with reference to its broader environmental context. [Extracted from the article]

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